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After Michael Steele referred to Rush Limbaugh’s rhetoric as “incendiary”–sparking a storyline of “Steele vs. Rush” that spread throughout the blogosphere–Limbaugh unloaded on the RNC chairman in an extended diatribe on his radio show.
Incendiary? You bet. As I noted earlier, Steele actually defended the thinking behind Rush’s desire for President Obama to “fail” during the interview in question–but from Limbaugh’s corner, the fight is on.
The back-story: CNN’s D.L. Hughley confronted Steele about Limbaugh’s speech this weekend at CPAC, in which Limbaugh reiterated his “fail” sentiments and brought down the house at the conservative conference. Hughley also asserted that Limbaugh is the de facto leader of the GOP–a point Steele contested.
“How is that different from what was said about George Bush during his presidency?” Steele said, defending the “fail” sentiment. And then: “Let’s put it in the context here. Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. His whole thing is entertainment…yes, it’s incendiary, yes, it’s ugly.”
Rush’s response: to throw down. Limbaugh asserted that Steele is not the leader of the Republican Party, the RNC is a failure, Steele wants Obama to fail, Steele is off to a “shaky start” as RNC chairman, and Steele had perhaps underestimated the intelligence of conservatives and of Limbaugh’s listeners as a whole.
I’m not wasting space on Rush’s evangelism. You can click the link to Chris Good’s article.
Although Steele’s latest requisite groveling before Limbaugh appears to leave Rush alone in charge of what remains.
Who do you think is in charge?
Nobody is in charge or rather think of the party as being like a barge with a thousand outboards attached each of which is controled by somebody trying to go their own way.
They aren’t going anywhere.
Rush defines the phrase ugly American.
if Rush is so influential how did he let Clinton get re elected or why didn’t he get his guy Romney nominated by the GOP? or why didn’t he get his new guy McCain elected president? how do you even know Rush is a republican? has he run for precinct committeman? is he even registered to vote? has he ever voted in an election?
the fact that this is a topic for discussion just shows how irrelevant and ineffective the republican party has become.
#50, benson,
Reid has nothing to worry about Boss Limbaugh. There is nothing he can do that would injure Reid.
As for 1 1/2 years down the road, there will be a lot of Republicans politicians trying to distance themselves from Boss Limbaugh. He might be good to rally the extreme right wing of the Republican party, but he alienates all the moderate Republicans as well as Independents and right wing Democrats.
If the Republicans want to elect more people, they have to distance themselves from the extremists, such as Boss Limbaugh and anyone that reeks of Bush.
#66, Alfie,
For example…as Rush points out…the Pilgrims first tried communism…all shared what the community had in common…and folks starved…it didn’t take long for some to realize they would eat even if they didn’t work.
Which just goes to show that Boss Limbaugh is as bad an historian as you. The Plymouth colony was never a “communist” concept. It was a “everybody pitch in for the good of all. While there were communal items, most items in the colony were privately owned. Second, they starved because they landed late in the year and winter is not a good time to be fishing off the Atlantic. Third, many of their problems stemmed from being the first and having no one else to turn to for help. Fourth, half their party died on thew trip over which interfered with their plans and abilities. Fifth, it was many years before the Plymouth colony ceased being communal.
NOTE: Communal does not equal communism.
# 11 Olo Baggins of Bywater said, in part:
“I listened to Rush yesterday for about 30 minutes, and the fantasy he’s living is certifiably insane.”
And he’s taking a huge hunk of the entire country with him.
Listening to too much of that stuff will give you brain damage. You’ll find yourself spouting the latest 16 or 18 Talking Points at the least provocation.
And I find myself running into these spouters more and more and it always mystified me — how did so many people suddenly get so completely nuts about so many specific topics in exactly the same way?
“Pelosi’s mouse!”
“High speed train from a Las Vegas Casino directly to Disneyland!”
“Tattoo removal!”
Seriously, the entire country needs to read some biographies of Father Coughlin, Lord Haw Haw and Tokyo Rose…
If Rush is so powerless, why is the entire GOP falling all over itself to kiss his ass?
Name one GOP leader that has said anything distancing the GOP in any way, shape, or form from Rush’s spewings.
Alfred1, this seems obvious to me…the communal lifestyle was necessary. When that phase ended they wanted to live just like they did in England. To ascribe parallels with modern-era communism vs capitalism is to ignore the reality of their situation. But that’s Rush for you.
Patso, he’s a huge source of verbal urban legend, and the poor fools buy it just like they believe there’s no In God We Trust on the gold dollars. How gullible has half this country become?
#69, Alphie,
As indicated by cognate “commune”, communal and communist contain the relevant property affecting production, which is “sharing with others regardless of effort to contribute” …as that is the point, your “word study” irrelevant, immaterial and incompetent.
I don’t like calling people stupid, but right now, that would be the best adjective for you.
Our town has a communal water supply. Does that make us communist?
We share the roads without regard to what anyone else pays. Is that communist?
We raised and equipped an Army and Navy for our common defense? Is that communist?
Our volunteer Fire Department will halp anyone with a serious heating problem. Is that communist?
When a bunch of us guys went on a fishing trip together, we shared the cooking and other chores. Is that communist?
We volunteer to coach our kids in sports because some are better at this than others, others supply the drinks and after game snacks because that is their contribution. Is that communist?
My neighbor and I have the same eye and hair color, which is quite common. Is that communist?
The definition of “communal” in a society means for the common use of all. The definition of “communist” means a member of the Communist Party or one who believes in their political doctrine.
AND your history is wrong…leaving communism (no doubt derived from a misapplication of Acts c. 2:44f to their own community), resulted in plenty…thanksgiving.
Now you are showing hope stupid you really are. Thanksgiving was not a unique experience with the Plymouth Settlement. Celebrating the Harvest is common in many agricultural societies. Common American myth thinks they had a bounty of food that were totally unknown to the settlers.
The starvation was caused by a lack of food. The feast was the result of the harvest and a friendship developed between the settlers and local Indians. But that winter was also hard and that one feast did not totally alleviate their struggle to survive. It took a communal effort to clear the land that allowed the agriculture to flourish and raising buildings for everyone that they had a place to live outside the Great House.
Yup, that Boss Limpdick sure knows what he’s talking about. Damn, he convinced you.
I see that the Dems think Rush is more important than the country. The DOW is at 6,778. Last time it was that low was in the 1990’s. What’s the deficit now after we add another 1.3 trillion, I lost count. That’s more debt faster than even Bush. Way to go Obama, Pelosi and Reid!
#74, GirlFriend,
Did you ever consider that maybe the Stock Market was overpriced? Oohh, say, like a “bubble”? Maybe this is just a correction. Or would you categorically state “Bubbles should always be supported, whatever the cost? Those that bought overpriced units of stock, houses, or peanut butter should all be helped by the government?”
Having said that, the Stock Market is just what people are willing to pay for a piece of ownership in a company. The relevance to reality is a fiction as most of it is speculative.
Yes, the Stock Markets have helped raise money for business expansion. Recently though, it has all come down to what is the last quarter’s profits? That has a more detrimental effect on our economy than your worse nightmare about Obama could be.
#63: “Democrat strategists label Rush a Republican leader, to stem the tide of defecations from their ranks…”
Fixed it for ya. 😉
# 75 Obama = Failure
Pelosi = Failure
Reid = Failure
It’s to bad Obama, Emanuel and the Dems would rather talk about Rush than rectify the Nations real problems.
#77, GirlFriend,
It’s to bad Obama, Emanuel and the Dems would rather talk about Rush than rectify the Nations real problems.
Ohh? It seems to me that the right wing nuts are the ones wishing Obama’s Stimulus fails in order to further their own agenda.
#77–GF==since NO REPUGLICAN has mentioned any solution, preferring to make false statements about the Obama plan, what would YOU do to correct the repuglican excesses of the past 8 years?
Paddy?
Alfie?
Anyone?
#75
Are you seriously suggesting taht the stock market has been over priced for the past 19 years or that it was twice the value it ought have been? Come on, you cannot be that clueless.
> Recently though, it has all come
> down to what is the last quarter’s profits?
Actually, if stock prices were based on current profitability. Instead, stock speculation is concerned with what they expect profits *will* be.
#80
That should read:
Actually, if stock prices were based on current profitability, that would be a good thing.
#79
Actually, there have plenty of suggestions such as not bailing out the auto manufacturers or not writing blank checks to companies like AIG etc. The problem is that the left do not consider it to be a “plan” to let poorly run companies fail.
#80, Thomas,
What I said is that the Stock Market is not valued upon something tangible such as gross assets. Stocks are valued at perceived assets. Those perceived assets include the past quarter’s performance instead of long term planning.
#82, Thomas,
AIG is not necessarily poorly run. They insured many of the mortgages ( PMI )that are being foreclosed. That put a very heavy strain on their resources. If they failed then many of the mortgages going under would take even more of the banks holding mortgages down with them. AIG held onto the requisite deposits.
Why are these mortgages failing? Simply because the economy has been tanking for the last year. The chief cause is unemployment.
OH NO !!!
Now we have a Democrat apologizing to Boss Limpdick. Ooohhh, the humanity.
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) issued the following statement: